“We need to be clear in presenting the Church’s teaching, but patient with the struggle to live it.” This quote comes from Cardinal Timothy Dolan,
Who are considered the “young adults” in your community? Are they teenagers? Are they single twenty-somethings? Are they young professionals? Are they young mothers and
The Syrian Civil War has all but disappeared from our news as the American attention-span ran out. We are now more concerned about our healthcare
My three year old son was a ring bearer in a wedding a few weeks ago. I couldn’t help myself, he just looked so adorable,
Disclaimer: This article is going to sound cynical. It might even sound anti-Christian. Please stick with it. There is a point. I am sarcastic and
At least in Portugal, news of the preparatory document for the Synod of Bishops in October 2014 on the topic family arrived on mainstream radio
I have written before about some of the challenges that face recent college graduates in the transition from school to the workforce. As the tedious parts
The Church functions within a monarchical structure – this is important to remember. In addition to this, though, Her system applies to operations in the
The title is a Facebook status that one of my friends once posted. When I saw it, I thought she was asking for prayers because
Among the many things that Christ taught His disciples, charity is one of the principles focus groups in office buildings would label as a “core
First of all: Happy Halloween, Happy All Saints Day, Happy All Souls Day, and Happy Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time! This sequence of days (okay,
One Trick Pony, One Message Fool At the risk of sounding like a broken record in everything I write, both at Ignitum and elsewhere, let me
I recently traveled to Austin for my wife’s Half Ironman. She did great. We had a chance to go to a pre-race confession at St.
From my pastor’s homily this weekend: “Either a Christian heightens the quality of human life, making it more palatable, more delightfully nourishing, or else he
One of the things that I often ponder is the relationship between the Christian and wealth. That is, how much wealth should I accumulate, how
A common methodological error of novice apologists is proof-texting (yes, Catholic apologists are just as guilty of this fallacy as our Protestant brethren). Proof-texting can
I tend to be a very introspective individual. My spiritual life consists largely in self-examination, and used to be even more so. I would look
I was giving a talk at my home parish on the early Church when a woman came up to me. Pointing at her heart she
In college I went to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. I am not much of a science geek so I
Children have minds of their own. They do their own thing and love to find ways to become their own person. This makes it difficult
Well, the Hail Mary is a historical and biblical phrase addressed by an angel of God to a virgin called Mary. This historic event is
